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Catastrophic weather events like hurricanes and wildfires can completely upend research. How do resilient researchers get back on track?

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The Biggest Science News of 2020

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2020 in Pictures

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World’s Largest Sand Island Devastated by Wildfire

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Argentinian Field Site Devastated by Fire

California Wildfire Beaten Back, for Now, on Famous Mt. Wilson

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Field Research Sites Damaged as Fires Ravage West Coast

California Wildfires Threaten UC Campus, Telescopes

Forest Fungi Ride Out Wildfires by Hiding Inside Plants

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Scientists Take Stock of Australian Wildlife Devastated by Fires

Berkeley Labs Face Power Outage Amid Wildfire Threat

Climate Change Impairs Trees’ Recovery from Wildfires

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Rapid DNA Analysis Steps In to Identify Remains of Wildfire Victims

Research Building Burns Down in Woolsey Fire

College Campuses Close as Wildfires Ravage California

Image of the Day: Coral Firebreak

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Penguins Are Among the World’s Slowest-Evolving Birds: Study

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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An AI-Powered Scientist Proposes a Treatment for Blindness

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Rare Disease Research Gets a Boost from Automated NGS Solutions

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Best Practices for Freezing Cell Cultures

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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